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• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, decisions Now that you've been accepted to college, you have to decide where you'll spend the…

  

  my short 3-day stay. I already knew a bunch of people and hung out with ... , ask a student for their opinion, and they’ll tell it like it is ... applications and studying for APs/SATs, have finally paid off. At Campus Preview

  • by Melis A. '08
  • April 4, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Past, Present, and Future This all "began with a single blog by a student five years ago, at the…

  

  and sent them to Matt McGann. You know, the usual: a cappella concerts ... , going to a formal, and then maybe some stuff about playing in the snow. I ... continued to blog and had a few other entries by another student, I believe

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • October 2, 2009
• Blog / Blog Projects

  A Person Studying Persons… ...and why the Myers Briggs test is invalid

  

  --at least companies do not look to them for management guidance. And they ... looking for some introspection and who found it via MBTI. Taking the test ... for things I don’t pay attention to, until I recently talked to a few

  • by Selam G. '18
  • August 23, 2017
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Exercises in Style with apologies to queneau

  

  assigned to narrate a short story of our own, in both our favorite and least ... had a lot of fun with this exercise and decided to write not just twice ... which? Homeoptotes On a certain date, I carried a crate with a lot of

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 20, 2022
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Not my college essay It's Blog Action Day and the topic is poverty.

  

  to print out a resume and go to one of the orientation meetings for ... resume, arranged an interview with the MATCH director, and was offered a ... conservatively purchased a black-and-pink zebra-striped shirt with giant metal

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 14, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  GUYS IT SNOWED!! yayayayyaayy

  

  for the last month or so, and every once and a while a [four days from now: 30% chance of <0.05 in. of snow for 20 minutes] has popped up. A ... ’d be gone. And I would be sad. Rinse, repeat. About a week ago, that “30

  • by Allison E. '27
  • December 7, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  6.270 What's a 6.270?

  

  during IAP. Not Mindstorms, but just tons and tons of LEGOs, sensors, and a ... given all of our supplies and an objective. We then had a month to build, code, test, and swear at our robot. Anybody who has programmed a robot

  • by Snively '11
  • January 31, 2008
• Blog / IAP

  The Space Between In which I attempt to explain IAP. (Hint: it's not a Dave Matthews Band song.)

  

  for quite a while now. And with any luck, I should have evenings open ... and relatives is that, “Oh, I'm heading back this Sunday for IAP.” If I actually said that, though, I'd be met with, at best, a raised eyebrow and an

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 7, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Alaska, part I There...

  

  for the frisbee at a full sprint. I came up with the game-winning catch ... decorated aluminum trash can lid for a hat and introduced himself as "Bob La ... sustained anew) Leavenworth for so long: got back to Seattle, and boarded a

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 28, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  ICE, ICE baby Guess which song would inevitably get stuck in my head as I tooled in the…

  

  , Yingxia ’12, and I) submitted our design, which looks like a cross between a ... ) is complete, which certainly justifies a mental break, and with perfect ... bloggership? Well, senior year happened. And that’s certainly not a good enough

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • November 23, 2011
• Blog / People & Identities

  fall semester in the form of those modern poem books you buy for $15 at Urban Outfitters

  

  so empty, with nothing happening at all except a lot of work and ... classes with him so it’s always a surprise when somebody says ‘cookies’ and ... , then gone back and churned out a pset. The pset was for 18

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 30, 2021
• Blog / Events

  Obama to speak on clean energy, visit MIT energy labs today You can watch the speech live... or wait for the bloggers' account of it!

  

  blowing and power is needed; and can also be used for mooring a floating ... received a BA in creative studies and a PhD in chemistry, both from the ... solar, battery, and wind technology, and a LED light experiment. Below is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 23, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Brass Rat 2016 tunnels, arc reactors, and skycranes

  

  . After a few semesters of psets, midterms, finals, and projects, that once youthful prefrosh full of joy and excitement can seem a long way away. Ring ... to a fraternity or sorority, and only 2 are from the east side of

  • by Michael C. '16
  • February 8, 2014
• Blog / Personal Travel

  My Old Kentucky Home

  

  brand name (and that would be "Coke" with a capital 'C' anyway), it's a generic name for soft drinks. If you go to a restaurant and say "Could I ... , stepdad, and four siblings in Louisville, Kentucky, and will be there for

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / How to Human

  Making The Switch Making the transition from high school to college, Chapter 1

  

  , and for me, that was a lot harder than being responsible for my brothers ... 're looking for an easy time, you wouldn't be coming to MIT. Oh, and THE ... buying a computer for college, I can share my thoughts. This blog entry

  • by Bryan
  • March 31, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Let’s Get Down to Business 'Tis the eve of a new semester.

  

  assignments, and a tangible lack of both time and sleep. Yup, second semester is ... tour an MRI lab and take a look at the psychology in movies like "I am ... seniors!! I had a lot of fun last year just spending time with people and

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • February 1, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Mac4Change MIT students raising money to feed the homeless on Veteran's day

  

  youth, veterans, and communities as a whole with resources to become self ... message and empower students like us to believe that they too can make a difference. Over 60 people donated and we raised a total of $275 in just two

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 23, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Standing Out [by C/3C Christopher Benson, '10] Before AFROTC, this abstract concept of "leadership" seemed very generic...

  

  and exciting life. When I first signed up for ROTC, I thought of it simply as an avenue to become a pilot and to pay for school. I wasn ... . I want to be a fighter pilot - that is why I joined AFROTC, for the

  • by ROTC
  • January 3, 2008
• Blog / Challenges

  The Aftershock In memory of Kate Hunter ‘20 (1997-2017), who will always be remembered for her big…

  

  convention with. I remember all of it and a million other times that you were ... , for that next week, my mind would wander and replay a memory or just sit ... remembered for her big heart, bright mind, and beautiful smile. According to

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • January 18, 2018
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  ripping shirts and other clothing mods

  

  shape the world around me, and clothing mods are a great part of that. So ... Metropolis for the use of their sewing machine, and for the friends who showed ... ="96640" /] b1 had a craft REX event (tie dye and embroidery) est. time: 60

  • by Amber V. '24
  • February 1, 2024